

In addition to that, the four Potter-scores for the entries directed by David Yates may have been strong on their own, but made up the weaker half of the series. His ‘Hunger Games’- and ‘Huntsman’-series had their highlights, but were filled with filler- and suspense-tracks and synth-heavy action music. Last few years, Howard had been pretty sparse on his fantasy-side. Yet, some where skeptical and held their expectations back. The community was generally pleased and excited, since Howard wrote some of his greatest works for fantasy epics: Atlantis (2001), Dinosaur (2001), Peter Pan (2003), King Kong (2005), The Last Airbender (2010), Maleficent (2014), this man knew how to bring whimsical worlds to life. This question was answered in early April when James Newton Howard was announced. Will Yates bring Alexandre Desplat back, with whom he worked on the last two installments? Will the original composer and father of the famous “Hedwig’s Theme”, John Williams, have his glorious return to the franchise? Or will a new composer get his shot and if so, who will it be? Fantastic Composers but How to Find the Right OneĬonsidering the consistent quality of the scores for the eight original movies, where even the weak scores are still a joy to behold in their own rights, the film music community was guessing wildly who would be attached to this all-new series. The first one hit theaters in late November and is directed by David Yates, who already helmed the last four Potter movies and is also set to direct the remaining 4 ‘Fantastic Beasts’ films. Planned as a trilogy, Rowling confirmed in fall of 2016 that the series will actually grow to consist of 5 movies.

Rowling and Warner were working on an expansion of the Potter-World in the form of ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ which would deal with magizoolist Newt Scamander on his travels around the world in the 1920’s in order to write his book, which will become a much-needed text for every new Hogwarts student, including Harry Potter himself. 2’ hit theaters in 2011 and it seemed, as though audiences had to finally say goodbye to Harry and his friends. The last one ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Pt.

‘Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone’ was a smash-hit with critics and audiences alike and captured an entire generation, which followed the hero for 7 more films. Rowling best-selling series of fantasy novels centering around a young wizard. (SPOILER ALERT: In order to sufficiently analyze the application of themes and the grounding narrative, this review contains major plot-details and -reveals for the movie ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’)įifteen years ago, cinema brought us the first cinematic adaptation of British authors J.K.
